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Snipped from an email forward I got from my brother. Normally I wouldn't turn an email into a post but it's hardly private :)
Your Conservation Council is being silenced while Western Australia's environment laws are being undone, our pristine Kimberley coast is under threat, and dangerous uranium mines are fast-tracked in WA
I urgently need your help to stop this attack on our environment. Please do not delay in taking the following actions:
1) Make a donation to the Conservation Council;
2) Forward this email to your friends and ask other concerned people you know to become a supporter of the Conservation Council.
3) Write an email to the Premier or your local newspaper outlining your concerns;
I appreciate any assistance you can give.
Your personal assistance is needed at this critical time for the Western Australian environment and the future of your Conservation Council. As a person who cares about our environment, you will surely be as outraged as I am by what I tell you below.
At the same time, it appears that there is an effort to undermine and silence the Conservation Council through dramatic reductions in the State Government funding we have received for over 20 years. We are concerned this may be a calculated attempt to prevent us from speaking out against irresponsible decisions and government policies.
I have recently received some very disturbing information contained in leaked documents that have been exposed in Parliament and in the media.Plans are being made behind closed doors to dismantle Western Australia's environmental protection laws, to fast-track the expansion of polluting industries, and remove the right of the community to challenge and oppose unacceptable developments.
We have already lost three key staff - our Water Policy Officer, our Sustainable Agriculture Officer and our Minerals and Mining Officer. These losses represent a huge blow to your Conservation Council, seriously reducing our ability to develop and advocate strategies to protect the environment in WA.
More than ever, I need your personal assistance at this critical time, when both the Western Australian environment and our right to defend it are under attack.
Your donation will help the Council continue being Western Australia's outspoken voice for the environment.
Please make a donation today to help us continue our important work defending our environment laws, preventing uranium mining, stopping the introduction of genetically modified crops, protecting natural areas from destructive developments and reducing the impacts of climate change.
I cannot stress enough how important your support is now, when the Conservation Council itself is under serious threat. Please make a tax-deductible donation today and help us prevent WA taking giant steps backwards in environmental protection.
If you have not done so already, please consider joining our Friends for the Future Monthly Giving program
Please give as much as you can at this critical time and accept my sincere thanks in advance for your generosity.
Yours sincerely
Piers Verstegen
Director
PS: Your donation is very important, but please don't forget to write to the Premier
PPS: I am working to increase the number of Conservation Council supporters.Please help by forwarding this email to your friends and asking concerned people you know to become supporters of the Council. As a Council supporter they will receive a free subscription to our quarterly magazine The Greener Times and free entry to many of our events run throughout the year.
Your Conservation Council is being silenced while Western Australia's environment laws are being undone, our pristine Kimberley coast is under threat, and dangerous uranium mines are fast-tracked in WA
I urgently need your help to stop this attack on our environment. Please do not delay in taking the following actions:
1) Make a donation to the Conservation Council;
2) Forward this email to your friends and ask other concerned people you know to become a supporter of the Conservation Council.
3) Write an email to the Premier or your local newspaper outlining your concerns;
I appreciate any assistance you can give.
Your personal assistance is needed at this critical time for the Western Australian environment and the future of your Conservation Council. As a person who cares about our environment, you will surely be as outraged as I am by what I tell you below.
At the same time, it appears that there is an effort to undermine and silence the Conservation Council through dramatic reductions in the State Government funding we have received for over 20 years. We are concerned this may be a calculated attempt to prevent us from speaking out against irresponsible decisions and government policies.
I have recently received some very disturbing information contained in leaked documents that have been exposed in Parliament and in the media.Plans are being made behind closed doors to dismantle Western Australia's environmental protection laws, to fast-track the expansion of polluting industries, and remove the right of the community to challenge and oppose unacceptable developments.
We have already lost three key staff - our Water Policy Officer, our Sustainable Agriculture Officer and our Minerals and Mining Officer. These losses represent a huge blow to your Conservation Council, seriously reducing our ability to develop and advocate strategies to protect the environment in WA.
More than ever, I need your personal assistance at this critical time, when both the Western Australian environment and our right to defend it are under attack.
Your donation will help the Council continue being Western Australia's outspoken voice for the environment.
Please make a donation today to help us continue our important work defending our environment laws, preventing uranium mining, stopping the introduction of genetically modified crops, protecting natural areas from destructive developments and reducing the impacts of climate change.
I cannot stress enough how important your support is now, when the Conservation Council itself is under serious threat. Please make a tax-deductible donation today and help us prevent WA taking giant steps backwards in environmental protection.
If you have not done so already, please consider joining our Friends for the Future Monthly Giving program
Please give as much as you can at this critical time and accept my sincere thanks in advance for your generosity.
Yours sincerely
Piers Verstegen
Director
PS: Your donation is very important, but please don't forget to write to the Premier
PPS: I am working to increase the number of Conservation Council supporters.Please help by forwarding this email to your friends and asking concerned people you know to become supporters of the Council. As a Council supporter they will receive a free subscription to our quarterly magazine The Greener Times and free entry to many of our events run throughout the year.
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